lopsidedness


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lop·sid·ed

 (lŏp′sī′dĭd)
adj.
1. Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than on the other.
2. Sagging or leaning to one side.
3. Characterized by the domination of one competitor over another: a lopsided victory.

lop′sid′ed·ly adv.
lop′sid′ed·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lopsidedness - an oblique or slanting asymmetry
asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance - (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
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References in classic literature ?
It had to be uttered once in a life, to adjust the lopsidedness of the world.
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Yet their perspectives left me thinking that what Briccetti terms a "new awareness of multiplicity" coexists with a pattern depressingly familiar outside the literary realm: Formal equality masks and justifies the lopsidedness of privilege.
He has an acute perception of what the poet Hopkins called `inscape': the individually distinctive quality of objects; such as the banded traces of the potter's fingers on an earthenware jug, the rounded flatness of an almond shell, the red-brown lopsidedness of a shallot bulb.
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Easy to recognize because of its characteristic lopsidedness. Fruit is medium to large, with pinkish-red blush.
This lopsidedness arises in large part from the competitive pressures of the global economy.
If this lopsidedness persists, it will impede the global collaboration of Christians in mission.
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And when it starts spinning and spitting, epistemological lopsidedness and ontological weirdness can't be far behind.
For example, how else does one explain the apparent lopsidedness in the appointment of political officeholders, particularly the heads of the security establishments in the country?